Lane Construction paved Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail terminal in Haslet, TX during the winter months of December 2014-January 2015. The BNSF project was on a fast paced timeline that required Lane Construction to work day and night, 7 days a week to complete the project. While you may not associate Texas with cold weather paving, overnight lows […]
Asphalt Pavement magazine highlights the National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park in their November/December edition. Scotty's Contracting & Stone LLC paved the track and won a NAPA Quality in Construction Award for the excellent work performed. The article details some of the unique aspects of race track mixes. They are designed to handle the raveling caused […]
The recent "1000-year" rain event dropped 6x the volume of Lake Okeechobee on South Carolina and allowed my kids to kayak in the backyard. Nearby, James Island received 23 inches of rain in two days. Charleston County developed a new porous pavement design for rural roads that it has been using this year. They engineered […]
As the paving season slows down, the conference season picks up. The Evotherm team will be sponsoring, exhibiting, or attending at several locations around the country. If you'd like to set up a meeting at any of these events, please send an email to mailto://[email protected] so that we can meet you. Asphalt Sustainability Conference West […]
Residential areas with low traffic demands can be excellent candidates for mixes with a high amount recycled asphalt pavement (RAP). To improve compaction and workability, Ranger Construction added Evotherm to a 40% RAP mix for a residential area near Chuluota Fl. The most important criteria were appearance and a tight joint at the curb and gutter. […]
PIX11 in New York reports that the NYC Department of Transportation evaluation of three crumb rubber asphalt mixes has reached the 6-month mark. NYC DOT reports that the mixtures performed well through the harsh winter. Crews are watching for cracks, rutting and raveling in the regular and rubberized surfaces. The agency is measuring traffic noise and says […]
Jamestown Macadam ran their Evotherm project for the Town of Jamestown, a small town roughly 1.5 hours from Buffalo, NY. Paving with warm mix lowered temperatures by 65°F while still having excellent workability, coating, and density. Jamestown Macadam produced a mix containing 15% RAP using 64V-22 (70-22) polymer modified liquid from United Refining out of Warren, […]
FHWA released a new video highlighting innovations in transportation. A century ago, research and technology (R&T) played a primary role and led to the conversion of unpaved to paved roads with asphalt and concrete pavement materials, an innovation that led to greater and safer mobility on our Nation’s highways. Today, as in the past, researchers and […]
CalAPA's Russell Snyder featured George Reed's work on California Highway 89, which used Evotherm WMA throughout the project, in this weeks California Asphalt Insider. CalAPA reports that "Roger Smith, who has an exacting eye for detail, is a stickler for quality, and isn't shy about speaking his mind. Smith, a former senior materials engineer for Caltrans, […]
New Company, New Name, Same Team! While the Evotherm team remains constant, we are excited to announce that MWV Specialty Chemicals will soon be known as Ingevity. Ingevity brings together words that define characteristics of our business – innovation, ingenuity, longevity – and the genuine nature of who we are. Innovation. Our business was founded on […]